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In the news | Microsoft Unlocked
Anthem for All
The Microsoft Research Enable group collaborated with the Invictus Games and injured veterans to create a moving new musical anthem of hope using adaptive technologies.
In the news | Valor Econômico
Brasileiro lidera pesquisa na Microsoft
Pergunte ao brasileiro Henrique Malvar qual seu trabalho atual e ele lhe contará um episódio passado recentemente em Cingapura...
In the news | Provoca
Rico Malvar | Provoca | 22/03/2022
Nesta terça-feira (22/3), Marcelo Tas conversa no Provoca com o engenheiro e pesquisador Rico Malvar. Antigo cientista-chefe no maior laboratório da Microsoft Research em Redmond, Washington, o convidado fala sobre sua história na empresa, o combate às fake news e…
In the news | Microsoft Innovation Stories
Building trust at the origin
Despite all the positives of synthetic media–create expression, educational applications, assistive technologies, entertainment–there’s a downside. It’s increasingly hard to detect, which leaves the door open for media to be altered after publication and spread as disinformation. Project Origin aims to…
In the news | Microsoft On the Issues
A promising step forward on disinformation
“What can we do?” Those words continued to echo as I returned home from the World Economic Forum in Davos in early 2019. The director of a major news organization asked me that question point blank after we reviewed several deepfake…
In the news | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Soundscape app empowers people who are blind or have low vision to explore the world
Advancements in technology can play a deep and meaningful role in the independent mobility of people who are blind or have low vision. That is why we created Microsoft Soundscape, a research project available today for free on iOS and…
In the news | Brazilian National Academy of Engineering
Henrique Malvar becomes Member of the Brazilian National Academy of Engineering
In the news | Brazilian Academy of Sciences
New Academics Elected to Brazilian Academy of Sciences
In the news | NAE
Elected Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
For contributions to multiresolution signal processing and multimedia signal compression and standards.